[ietf-dkim] ADSP Informative Note on parent domain signing

Douglas Otis dotis at mail-abuse.org
Mon Apr 13 10:35:11 PDT 2009


On Apr 13, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Hector Santos wrote:

> You lost me here. I don't see the different between the two above  
> examples as far as 4871 and ADSP is concern.  Specifically 4871 only  
> cares for the right hand side of i=.
>
> example:
>
>    i= string1 @ string2
>
> we only care for string2 being compliant with d=.
>
> Why do we care about string1 in 4871 and ADSP?  Are you talking  
> about something above and beyond 4871 and ADSP?


Parent domain signing is about sub-domains within the i= value that  
are below the d= value.  This is not about the left-hand value.

-Doug





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